Any word on whether or not this will be available on Steam?

Aex

With all of these AAA titles hitting before Xmas I wonder how many of them will get lost in the shuffle?

Personally, I'm looking at this and Little Big Planet - the others will probably have to wait awhile.

natureboy46

I still can't believe Bioshock isn't a reduced price release with better games like this -- now confirmed -- launch at the same time as the port. Don't forget about November with VotB, LBP, R2, etc. I'm dropping my Bioshock PS3 sales predictions a little more. See anything can be made into a game! :D

Mongoosekun

good times are coming. I wonder why it takes 2 weeks before Amazon gives me my LE copy. Anyways, most excited about this game.

functioningbadly

@Spoony Bard: I just sold a copy of Fallout 2 on Ebay for £1. Figured demand would be higher...

superbabyproject

Wow.. i am going to have to get a second job just to purchase all the games coming out in coming months. Im not even sure what i should buy first.. decisions, decisions, decisions.

ak416

damn....im gonna be broke this fall. 2007 all over again.

Crux117

What a nice birthday present :)

respect

I'm friggin' stoked. I've got it pre-ordered, along with Left 4 Dead...that's all I think i'll be needing for the rest of the year.

beta_angel

oh yeah that reminds me, 2 more days till the Post Apocalyptic event in Santa Monica, CA :D

2 days of Post Apocalyptic movies to welcome the release of Fallout 3...can't wait, shit, I have to order the tickets, durr me...

dumanue

Man, this game might not sell as well as people would think for the first month. On the PS3 they have LBP, Resistance, and SOCOM while the 360 has Fable II and Gears of War 2 coming out around that time.

Voltar

I love Oblivion. I love post-apocalyptic wastelands. I shall love this.

Wizzard

@LittleBigPlaneteer: *adds to birthday list*

November 5th if any of you want to chip in? What's that? No?

superbabyproject

I can't wait for the metric ton of asshurt that's going to come from the vocal Fallout fans with this hitting the streets. Me? I'll buy it and love it and yes, I owned and beat Fallout 1,2 and Fallout:Brotherhood of Steel for PC.

Foxstar Sixtail

I still can't get over the fact that these games are actually coming this year when you've read about them for ages

G_the_fresh

Have the PC requirements been announced yet? I must know.

Silverbackne

Just bought Oblivion (greatest hits) for my 40 GB PS3 and the game itself feels with a lot of hiccups / slowdown / chugging-while-loading-areas. Don't get me wrong, it looks way better than in my crappy PC but I hoped for something better.

I hope Fallout don't do this as well.

MCKWZ

Man, I hate how all of the games I want to play always have to come out within 2 weeks of one another during September to November, and then there isn't crap for the rest of the year... every single year!

AnujSuper9

I'm actually looking forward to this coming out so Bethesda can get back to making some more Elder Scrolls. Fallout looks like fun, but all I really want is a sequel to Morrowind (not to Oblivion).

wild homes loves you but chooses darkness!

I've gotta get cracking on Fallout 1/2...

Spoony Bard

@exion: And the PC version will probably be $10 cheaper too, as most games on PC are...hmmm...perhaps you're right. I'll have to think about it some more. Fallout 3 was one of the games I was thinking of when I got the new computer too...

Aeralindor

Damn it...That October-November time is going to hurt my wallet:

- Fable 2
- Deadspace
- Fallout 3
- Left 4 Dead
- Gears of War 2

exkon

I really hope this game succeeds and improves the economy of the Rockville, Maryland region.

This looks like a seriously killer game, tho. Day One for me. Unless I am too broke, and then it might be around Day Eight.

dfx

@gomerkyle9: LOL; I didn't, I was attempting to tip toe my way around a copyright infrengment since the word originated here. It was at best a lame attempt for some laughs, now that dream too is lost.

caleb

Interesting timing, like four days after Fable II? Wonder if their is a bit of cock blockage going on.

crazyscreenwriter

Wha?

I've already pre-ordered it and thought it was coming out early October. Most british retailers had it down for either the 3rd or the 10th, so I presumed that was the official date.

I didn't know there was nothing official yet. Ah well. That's good actually, gives me more time to save up for both collectors editions of Fable and Fallout 3.

Iarwain

you think you're excited, feel these nipples!!!

3inst3in

Give me a break! they need to learn to spread the releases out more... this fall is going to be hell with tons of releases, many simultanius... LBP is coming out 29:th in europe...

Damnit... I'm gonna have to start using my vacation weeks from work...

Paganmoon

I want to know how good a representation of DC it is. Will I be able to walk the streets I walk to get to work? Will there be tattered rainbow flags flying at 17th and R? I want a good representation of DC.

InsidiousTuna

The line-up for this year is even more jam-packed than last year...and last year was the biggest year in gaming! Never has my wallet been so oppressed!

DukeOfPwn

@caleb: You can't trademark fuckton!

gomerkyle9

Ooh... I've been looking forward to this for a while, but am not sure if my PC can run it.

...And I can't find out, because apparently Bethesda still hasn't released the system requirements for the game! Am I the only one who thinks it's a little hard to put a pre-order down for a PC game without that crucial information?

17-A

Well, we already knew it was coming in Fall, but it's exciting to have a solid date put on it.

Now I just have to find a way to get the rest of the $70 for the collector's edition.

Ad-hominem

@Ra is on Its Always Sunny in Philly: Yea way sooner than I thought. I gotta go pre-order me that lunchbox!

liquid_kore

@LittleBigPlaneteer:

And that's just for the PS3. Imagine how it is for people that own more than one console. Insanity. Hopefully some publishers move their game into early next year to take advantage of essentially being alone in the spotlight. Like Mirror's Edge, Dead Space and Call of Duty, for example.

Bishmon

Aeralindor! Don't do it!

if you have a PC capable of playing fallout, get that version!

If Oblivion showed us anything, its that the best stuff to appear in these games is the user generated content! Good luck getting any of that on the console versions...

I myself am getting the PS3 version, but if I had a PC anywhere near good enough, you bet I'd be playing it on that!

exion

@frank0127: You should still hate yourself for not owning a 360 :P

dgchatterbox

ohhhhh so many games coming and sooo little money. stupid economy..*sigh*

dgchatterbox

HELL YEAH! on PC! now i don't have to hate myself for not owning a 360. WHOO!

...hopefully my pc's good enough to play it.

frank0127

This game, I will play it.

Tetelestia

I already have it per-ordered!!! I'm so freaking excited for this game!!

Cmdr.Trehugr

As the majority has already stated, this October...I'll be spending a fuckton™ of my hard earned cash.

caleb

Wasn't it already annouced?
In any case, 2 months and 8 days.

SpiritBoy

October 2008 = November 2007

KingBroly

PC or XBox 360...tough decision for me. I got a new gaming computer recently, but since it's not *purely* a first person shooter, I'm tempted to go with the 360 version. The achievements call to me...I know, I'm shallow :-/

Aeralindor

Want to get my PipBoy... my PipBoy... want to get my PipBoy, so I can, uh, put it on my desk and know what time it is.

It's a busy holiday season with game releases. So many good ones...

Yonderboy

@AEREC:

Seriously. LBP, Resistance, SOCOM, and Fallout 3.

LittleBigPlaneteer

Oh shit thats soon! *Runs off to pre-order*

Ra is on Its Always Sunny in Philly

Damn...Octobers going to hurt my Wallet.

AEREC

DO. WANT.

PissedPS3Fan

I have never hated september so much in life....

BryanGuitarDude

LittleBigPlanet, Silent Hill (maybe), Fallout 3, Star War FU.... Niko styel:"this fall is gonna be expensive for me"

Kai200X

Awww shoot, I'm going to be penny-less from Sept through Dec... so who wants to go with me for a ride to the friendly neighborhood liquor store?

P.S.
Don't forget yer gat, you know, just in case.

Bando

Oh, yay, end of october. I should be recovered from early-mid October's money-pain by then.

HikariOblivion

Could have sworn this was coming in early October. Not that this changes me buying it on launch day, I was just looking forward to playing it 3 weeks sooner than this. Crap.

Also: Yay! Fallout 3!

Numerous

Fallout 3, Bioshock, Fable 2, Gears of War 2, LittleBigPlanet, Rockband 2, Guitar Hero World Tour, Dead Space, Star Wars Force Unleashed, Resistance 2, Call of Duty World at War, Motorstorm 2, FarCry 2, Mercenaries 2....etc etc. All these games coming out within the next 3 months. Damn!

Crux117

There are so many games coming out....

Heh.. I really need some money.

flukielukie

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

Gray665

@Tenzu: If you don't like the setting, lore or premise of Fallout games, then nothing.

Aex

Uh so what is so great about this game? I really don't see it.

At first I saw RPG! and I thought awesome, then I saw 3rd person/ 1st person shooter! Even better! and then I saw... Stop time aim and watch a cut scene... and I thought cool! and then I saw it for a 2nd and 3rd time... and it got old way to fast... and then I saw it for a 4th time on the trailer... and I X'd out of it.

RPGs are supposed to be slow... but Efff a slow Shooter. It is like aiming for retards.

Tenzu

@exkon: In addition to those great titles, I'm getting Mirror's Edge, Far Cry 2, STALKER - Clear Sky, and maybe new Prince of Persia and Force Unleashed. Holy shit!

JonRemedy

I need to save my work leave. October is going to make miss a mortgage payment.

Nezacant

3 days before my birthday, my vault dweller costume is coming along nicely. Good timing.

ElijahDProphet

When I think of Fable II versus Fallout 3, I can't help but think ...... you know, RPG is a very broad term nowadays.

DARTH_TIGRIS

Fable 2 and Fallout 3 makes for a crazy month for the 360, cannot wait.

Muisee

Really cool. Can't wait.

Also, does anyone know what type of DRM they have diceded on for the PC version, or have they gone without it?

lurkingsalt

You may color me freaking excited too.

BullLifter

@LittleBigPlaneteer: :(
This fall is going to kill me.

-LBP
-Socom
-DeadSpace
-Resistance 2
-Bioshock
-Fallout 3

and on top of that, price of applications for school has risen a bit.

Not a good time and yet a good time to be a gamer. T_T

Jun581 won't give you tree fiddy!!

You and me both Crecente. I'm amped for this. Day one purchase on PS3!

sascha23

@crazyscreenwriter: If any, wouldn't the sales of Fable 2 hurt Fallout 3 and vice-versa?

Judging from the comments. Most, if not all the people buying games are a bit perplexed with the holiday release schedule. I admit they really should space it out. But what can we do? Holiday money is big business. I do hope none of the good ones gets overlooked.

Still, wouldn't triple A games get a bigger slice of the pie say if they release it in May or February? Sure the Holiday money would've already been spent but you're the lone attractive girl in a sea of um locker socks.

excaliburps

My birthday is the day before. I demand they move it up a day!!

kidko

@Aeralindor: i have the same exact predicament. I think im going to buy the 360 version and pirate (gasp!) the PC version. Whichever one I like more is the one I'll play and I'll feel good having given Bethesda their $60.

World_B_Enslaved

Curse all of these release dates falling 1-2 weeks after my birthday.

doubtful

@BallPtPenTheif: I like your analyze. I mean I didn't start playing Oblivion well after the hype has died down, so I probably can wait to play Fallout 3.

Kai200X

I forgot COD5... now what am I gonna do?

Utmu

i will probably wait till it hits the bargain bin. sounds odd, but since this game has no online mode there's no need to get at it while it's popular since it won't be dependant on an online community for matches.

i'll be far too busy with LBP, Resistance 2, and Socom to really invest proper time into it anyways.

i really wish companies would stop releasing all their stuff in october. it's not like it's produce, you can release a game in August and it won't spoil and rot before christmas.

BallPtPenTheif

My wallet can't handle the number of games coming out. I'll have to choose between a couple. I know I'm going to get this. Now... The Force Unleashed, Spore, or Mercs 2?

Utmu

OK, so I just pre-ordered the Special Edition, and instead of being $70, it was $80! Still getting it, though...

DukeOfPwn

@3inst3in: Mine just shredded my shirt! They're so hard I could cut diamonds!

chenry

Seriously, 2008 is shaping up the be one of the best years in gaming. MGS4, LBP, Gears 2, Fable 2, Fallout 3, Resistance 2, Disgaea 3. If FFXIII had somehow released this year, that'd be it.

Rinaldus

@Tenzu:It's not for you. Stay out of future Fallout 3 threads. For your own sake.

Foxstar Sixtail

Oh snap! That's my b-day... it will be a good one indeed.

arepeegee

@Silverbackne: I too would like to know the system requirements. If my PC can handle it I can finally dump all the midget animal porn on my harddrive

tralfaz23

@Insomnia Bob: Yeah I know what you mean. An 8 or high 7 for a game I'm anticipating is fine.

Though I do get your point about AiTD. It's like giving extra points to a woman you slept with just because she can smoke using her vagina. Though she's like a corpse in bed.

excaliburps

@Foxstar Sixtail: Too true, the shitstorm approaches. Although the mother of all shitstorms IE Diablo 3, still awaits us.

Although I'm aching to play it I'll probably leave it be for awhile and see how the PC and 360 differences pan out. Fable 2 should see me through the wait.

Reikoku

Will someone please tell these cockmonglers in charge of my local stores that GAMES CAN BE RELEASED ON DAYS OTHER THAN FUCKING FRIDAY GOD FUCKING DAMNIT!

Fucking Europe. =[

Mister Adequate

Man, I hope this game is fun. I'm tempering my expectations, here. I doubt it will live up to the nostalgia factor of Fallout 2, a game I STILL go back and replay on a regular basis.

But if it's just FUN and GOOD, I will be more than pleased. It doesn't have to be perfect, and epic, and a 10. I will accept an 8... even a high 7. (so long as that isn't like the "Alone in the Dark" 7... where the game really got an extra two or three points for effort)

Insomnia Bob

Nice. Going to get Fallout 3 on the 28th and Project Origin a few days later, all on the PC of course.

jackydoe

I'm tired of all the releases during Christmas or from Sept-Dec. They need to release more games during the summer and spread this out. I feel like I can't even get into a game before another one I want to play comes out.

Paradyme

I hate whoever decide to put all these AAA games so close to one another. $10 says that at least one of these games will be delayed.

Anyway, I'm excited for this game, but like others have said, it's not necessarily a purchase that you need to make as soon as the game comes out to fully enjoy it because it's an offline RPG/Shooter. I mean, I just bought Oblivion In May or June, and it's still fine (not going to state my opinion on the game here, but the expereience isn't lessened by buying later.)

Even without owning a PS3, I must say that I don't know what I am going to do this fall. There are so many good games coming out, it's crazy.

Gears of War 2 is a must-purchase for sure.

After that there is Fable 2, Fallout 3 as my B tier (not as in B games, but in order of purchasing.)

Then Star Wars: TFU and Left 4 Dead as my C tier.

Not to mention I still haven't had the cash to purchase GTA IV.

Also, two words: Castle Crashers.

CarbonFalcon

Little Big Planet, Fallout, Bioshock, Guitar Hero World Tour, Rock Band 2...Dear God let my wallet survive that month

Dick-Ballistic

Christmas comes early this year...

Ragarnok

I had F3 preordered with Amazon. Once it became it clear it was FPSer, I cancelled. I'm eagerly anticipating the arrival of Dawn Of War II.

PeteRR

I bought a new pair of 8800GT SC's for this game's release. Sadly - I still get hitching/graphic stutter in games. Even if I crank Oblivion down to the lowest (or even the higest) setting, I still get stutter. I can't pin down what's causing it.

-Niric

Niric

@aznguyen316: I just got the email from Amazon saying that my order was delayed till early November! Did you order the "Survival-stupid-expensive Edition"? Maybe I'm getting hit by pip-boy delays? I did preorder the day it went up, so I'm surprised that I'm getting shafted more than you guys.

ludwigk

Also thought this was coming out Oct 7, but Amazon messaged me today saying it changed to 24th.. blah was hoping to get it a couple weeks before LBP, not after. Here's to hoping Far Cry 2 comes out early Oct..

aznguyen316

I am excited.. I loved oblivion so this should be good. I know the VATS system looks to be slow, but you can also shoot in real time.

aznguyen316

@exkon: dude also;

- Mirrors Edge

- Call of Duty 5

- Silent Hill 5

friggin insane.

F22

Yes. Yeees. Yeeeeessss!

Nukedblivion awaits. There's no game I want more this fall.

Strangelove

@dfx:
More pub for Maryland!!! I hope Damnation kicks ass too. They are in Annapolis.

killer_meatballs

Aw, come on! That soon? We get nothing all summer and then right when school picks up BAM! I'm buying Disgaea 3, LBP, this, and that's IT.

Oh and Far Cry 2 I guess.

Narsil

There are WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too many games coming out this fall. I think it would be a better idea to delay until sometime next year so it would have an opportunity to sell better and so they could polish it more and maybe make the graphics look better because even though it is an open-world game the graphics suck... A lot.

lenandude

This is veeeeeeeeeery exciting news. October might prove to be rather expensive.

brickrock121

So many games, yet so little time (and money)

darkjak218

Yea people, the special lunchbox edition is $80, not $70.

DigiMish

That's Mah Birfday

I <3 You too Bethedsa

Yaeg

YES! EXCELLENT!

Br00klyn-Grenade

Damn does look like I will have much time to enjoy Fable 2 before getting lost in this game. Oh well I guess that is what the nearly new release free summer is for. Number 1 and 2 on my list this fall released a week apart and during a time when I will probably be working 60 hours a week :(

RykinPoe

I was really excited about this game but those recently leaked screenshots have made me a little leery. I was hoping they'd moved away from that ropey Oblivion dialogue but no, that'd be asking too much. Fallout 3 is set in a post-apocalyptic future yet people are still spouting pleasantries like they're some slack-jawed country-troll mage who sells wolf-pelt at the side of the cobblestone highway.

I want Mad Max. I want Fist of the North Star. Not Oblivion with collapsed suburban ruins and old men in cowboy hats.

Mr.Bates

@exion:

There's nothing stopping them from making the game compatible with user generated content for consoles as well. It worked for Unreal Tournament 3 on the PS3.

Gringorilla

As much as Im overexcited about this game..
Im just super-geek-in-love with fact that I will have that vault13 bobble-head, ehh.. bobbing, abit earlier then very much anticipated!

Ill flick it with my finger and there will be much glee, and confused looks from my girlfriend.
I feel a "explain love of said game is not crazy, to GF" project comming on...

Shikome

I just signed up for a World of Warcraft subscription, but I know that I will be canceling as soon as this game hits my doorstep. Yeah, I splurged and got the super dork Survival Edition of Fallout 3. I don't care what anyone says about any thing, this game is going to kick ass! I played the originals as well and loved them but I am even more excited for this game than I was for GTA4.

GreaterHater

As somebody that doesn't own nor have any desire to purchase a 360 or PS3, it's refreshing to see a developer that doesn't necessarily buy into the "piracy is killing computer games forever! Viva la console revolucion!" mentality. Nothing against consoles, mind you, they just aren't my thing these last few years.

Further, it will be interesting to see a new take on the franchise from a respected developer like Bethesda. The Black Isle folks left an indelible mark on the PC RPG community with Fallout and Baldur's Gate, and they possessed a subtle, charming razor wit. I think all the snarling and gnashing of teeth isn't necessarily for the gameplay Fallout provided in its first two iterations, although that was definitely superb and revolutionary, but for the ambiance, interaction and experience the game created. If Bethesda can replicate that experience they'll have a feather in their collective cap for certain.

LogicNinja

Spore, WAR, Left 4 Dead, Fallout 3...oh god..expensive few months for PC gamers...expensive for the wallet..and the social life...i really need to get my last year of University aced..but with all these games..i don't know how I'm going to fit in Uni.

Crutchley29

Nice! I was at Best Buy yesterday and was going to Pre-order it for the bottle opener!

Probed